Dragons and LEGO wedding with sword-fighting
The offbeat couple: Ariel, computer security engineer & Andrew, computer game programmer Location & date of wedding: MIT Chapel and Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. — October 3, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a riot of medieval-inspired color: sapphire blue silk dress, purple-and-black-velvet groom, attendants in their choice of dupioni silk color […]
Megan & Rusty’s black, white, and wasabi wedding with unicorns & giraffes
The offbeat bride: Megan, MSW Grad Student (and OBT member “megankugler“) Her offbeat partner: Rusty, Graphic Designer Location & date of wedding: Kansas City Athenaeum in Kansas City, MO — August 1, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted our wedding to represent who we are as a couple: Silly, creative, unconventional, and surrounded […]
How to make your own feathery floral hair fascinator
Offbeat Bride Tribe member/crafter Rachel took the advice of her photographer and crafted herself and her bridesmaids some feathery floral fascinators for her and her new hubby’s black and red uber-stylish wedding. This is a step-by-step tutorial she put together (mere days after The Big Day!).
Tasha & Andrew’s fun, elegant, mustache extravaganza wedding
The offbeat bride: Tasha, Customer Service Her offbeat partner: Andrew, Art Gallery Director Location & date of wedding: The Balcony on Dock St., Wilmington, NC — 10/25/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We made our wedding offbeat by keeping the decorations simple, but with tons of personal touches. We actually had three beach houses on […]
How to make your own “Yay!” celebratory flags
I made these “Yay” flags for our wedding, intending for people to wave them for us as we walked away after the ceremony. They ended up being such an integral part of the evening, with everyone waving and shouting “YAY” every time we walked by! And since I added our names and the date to the back of them, they also served as the only favor we had for our guests. It is a quick and easy project — I hope you enjoy it!
Carla & Zeb’s handmade everything, drumming dance party wedding
The wedding was a traditional Byzantine wedding which is somewhat offbeat even though its orthodox. Byzantine wedding in western PA; we warned people it would be just like the wedding in the move The Deerhunter.